Shade and curtain hanger



may' 27, 1924( l l 1,495,642

W. E. PINNEY ET AL SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER Filed March 26, 1923 v Invia/Tons /y Q f/M RTrRNsy Patented May 27, 1924.

@Matez SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

y Application filed March 26, 1923. Serial No. 627,854.

T 0 all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, IVALLACE E. Piivrriiry and THorL-is DONAHUE, citizens of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shade and Curtain Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

rIhis invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inshade and curtain hangers and the primary object thereof is to provide a hanger of this type which is of simple and economical construction and which can be easilyand quickly applied to and removed from the window frame.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this type which can be secured in position without the use of extraneous fastenings, such as nails or screws, and to also provide means which is adjustable as to window frames of varying widthsy which means also acts to firmly hold the window frame engaging brackets in position.

A still further object of the invention is to provide inside and outside shade hangers, which are of simple construction and which can be easily and quickly adjusted to accommodate shade rollers of varying lengths.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for enabling the curtain rod or pole to be easily and quickly applied to and removed from the brackets.

The invention has still furtl'ier and other objects which will be later set forth and of themselves manifested in the course of the following description.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention applied in position on a window frame; I

Figure 2 is a detail perspective view of one of the brackets, and

Figure 3, is a top plan view of Figure 2.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention two brackets are employed, each identical in construction with the other, so that a description of one will suffice for both, the brackets of course being for right and left hand use.

Each bracket consists of a sheet metal plate 1 of angular form to engage with the front face and vertical side edges of the window frame F, the side wings of the brackets having spurs or points 2 which are adapted to be driven into the side edges of the window frame by use of a hammer or the like. The side wings are further formed with horizontal inwardly extendingextensions: 3' which latter are formed to overlie the top edges of the window frame and to engage vthe'latter in order to assist in-locating'the devices at the same height on each side of the window frame. Each bracket l is formed with an aperture in itsvfront receivingl therein one end i of a'rod 5, and the `'end 4 being turnedv at right 'angles and riveted to bracket l as Idepicted in Figure 3 of the drawing. A sleeve 6 is employed to connect the rods 5, the inner ends of the latter being adjustably received within the sleeve ends and rigidly secured thereto by set screws 7 which are carried by the sleeve ends. In this manner it will be seen that the brackets l can not be only easily and quickly accommodated to windows of varying widths, but that the sleeve 6 holds the brackets against outward movement, or in other words from movement to disengage same from the window frame. The front wing of each bracket has one end of a short curtain rod or pole rod 8 riveted thereto, while the front wing is formed with a contracted extension 9 extending outwardly from the wing and equipped with a holding screw 10, which latter engages the curtain pole or rod to hold the latter in position.

Each rod 6 is equipped with a pair of approximately L-shaped curtain roller supporting members 9 and l0, one end of the members being perforated to receive the rod 6 and provided with set screws 11 which are T 0ppm WALLACE E. PINNEY AND THOMAS DONAHUE, O F PROVIDENCE, RHODE IS[uL1\TL* threaded through the ends of the members in a direction longitudinally of the mem` bers, so as to afford effective bearings for the screws 11, the opposite ends of the mem bers 9 and 10 having openings 12 to receive the pintles ofthe shade rollers.` The members 9 receive the inside shade roller and extend toward the window frame, while the members l0, which receive the outside shade roller, extend in a direction away from the window frame, so that the two rollers are brackets having horizontal extensions projecting forwardly and provided With vertical set screws, curtain pole supporting rods riveted at one end of the front Wings in register with the screws, horizontall rods having right angular ends riveted to the front Wings, a sleeve receiving the opposite ends of the last named rods and having set screws to engage the last nained rods and substantially L-shaped shade brackets having transverse openings at one end receiving the last named rods therein and having their said ends provided With set screws engaged Withthe last named rods, the opposite ends of the shade brackets having shade roller pintle receiving openings.

2. In a shade and. curtain hanger, a pair ofbraokets formed to engage the front, side edges and top of the window frame and having spurs to engage the side edges of the frame, L-fllha-ped rods riveted to the brackets, a sleeve adjustablyv secured to each of the rods and connecting the latter to hold saine againstinoveinent, and substantially L-shaped shade brackets having openings at one end to receive the rod and having their said ends provided with set screws to engage the rod, the opposite ends of the shade brackets having shade roller pintle receiving openings.

in testiinongy whereof we have signed our naines to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

THOMAS DONAHUE. VALLACE E. PINNEY. itnesses JOHN J. DONAHUE, CATHERINE DONAHUE. 

